Eating Disorders

1. List the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

2. Discuss how the following factors pretain to eating disorders: genetic factors,dynamics, predisposition to depression, and personality pathology.

3. Know the epidemiology of eating disorders.

4. Expound theories that explain why eating disorders are found predominately among females.

5. Discuss the effects of starvation in anorexia nervosa on the following systems: cardiovascular, hemoatologic, gastrointestinal, metabolic, dermatologic, reproductive, and skeletal.

6. Present the role of medications in the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

7. Outline the key elements of cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa.

8. Understand the psychiatric and physical morbidity of eating disorders.

9. Discuss the etiology and treatment of rumination disorder in infant and adult populations.

10. Explain the different diagnosis and etiology theories of pica.